EHL circular contact film thickness correction factor for shear-thinning fluids

Journal of Tribology

Volumn 130, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Kumar, Punit ^a   Khonsari, M M ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carreau; Correction factor; EHL; Point contact; Shear thinning

Indexed keywords

LUBRICANTS; MAGNETIC FILMS; MOLECULAR BEAM EPITAXY; POINT CONTACTS;

CARREAU; CIRCULAR CONTACTS; CONTACT SIMULATIONS; CORRECTION FACTOR; CORRECTION FACTORS; EHL; LUBRICANT BEHAVIORS; NEWTONIANS; OPERATING SPEEDS; PURE ROLLINGS; SHEAR THINNING; THICKNESS VALUES;

ELASTOHYDRODYNAMIC LUBRICATION;

EID: 54149116397     PISSN: 07424787     EISSN: 15288897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2959115     Document Type: Article

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